IndyBar News

Trimble to Lead Bar as President in 2015

The Indianapolis Bar Association’s Nominating Committee has announced the selection of John C. Trimble of Lewis Wagner LLP as the 2015 President of the Indianapolis Bar Association. Currently an At Large Director on the board, Trimble will serve as the association’s First Vice President on the 2013 Board of Directors. Trimble was unopposed for the nomination.

A partner at Lewis Wagner LLP, Trimble focuses his practice on catastrophic, complex and class-action litigation in state and federal court. He earned his B.A. from Hanover College and his J.D. from the Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Trimble, along with David K. Herzog of Faegre Baker Daniels, is a co-moderator for the Class X of the IndyBar’s Bar Leader Series.

James J. Bell of Bingham Greenebaum Doll was named to a two-year term as Secretary. In addition to previous service on several bar committees, Bell served on the Board of Directors as a Vice President in 2009 and 2010 and was the 2009 chair of the bar’s Criminal Justice Section.

As determined by previous nomination, the 2013 Board of Directors will be led by President Kerry Blomquist of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Jeff Abrams, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP, will be President Elect.